This FAQ provides answers to some of the most common questions about mental health. We hope it will help you understand mental health and get the help you need.

Mental health means the soundness, saneness, or the stability of mind

Mental illness like other diseases can be managed using various approaches including counseling or talk therapy, medication, engaging in exercise, good nutrition, and support system. 

You can get the right behavioral Health treatment services you need using a locator. Just enter mental health treatment service in the locator website and enter your zip code. You can search by type of mental health like substance abuse treatment center. 

The support group depends on the type of mental illness. There are support groups for depression, eating disorder, substance abuse group like NA and AA.

Addiction is a chronic relapsing brain disease with no regard to anyone. Addiction happens when the part of the brain that is involved in pleasurable feeling begins to crave for substances either drugs or alcohol uncontrollably or in a way that leads to physical dependent of such substance.

Many mental health conditions like anxiety, depression, PTSD, ADHD, may serve as precursor for addiction. People who struggle with any of these illnesses may use drug or alcohol to address their symptoms, and in turn end up addicted. Likewise, someone struggling with addiction may become depressed and anxious as a result of the effect of the drugs in his/her brain. 

With multidimensional approach and research-based treatment, addiction is curable.  Treatment options can help you overcome an addiction and stay drug-free. Your treatment depends on the drug used and any related medical or mental health disorders you may have

If you have any other questions about mental health, please don’t hesitate to ask. There is help available, and you don’t have to go through this alone.

Here are some additional resources that you may find helpful:

  • National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): https://www.nami.org/
  • MentalHealth.gov: https://www.mentalhealth.gov/
  • Addiction and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): https://www.samhsa.gov/

If you have a medical emergency, please call 911 immediately.